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Tessarolax Gabb, 1864 †
870441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870441)
accepted
Genus
Tessarolax distorta Gabb, 1864 † (type by monotypy)
Ornithopus J. S. Gardner, 1875 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Ornithopus Hitchcock, 1848 [Reptilia]
Protohemichenopus Camacho, 1953 † · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
- Species Tessarolax acutimarginatus Nagao, 1932 †
- Species Tessarolax alaskana Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax bullardi Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax distorta Gabb, 1864 †
- Species Tessarolax gabbi Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax grahami Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax incrustata F. M. Anderson & G D. Hanna, 1935 †
- Species Tessarolax japonicus Yabe & Nagao, 1928 †
- Species Tessarolax louellae Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax retusa (J. De C. Sowerby, 1836) †
- Species Tessarolax teleos Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax trinalis M. A. Murphy & Rodda, 1960 †
marine
fossil only
Gabb, W. M. (1864). Description of the Cretaceous fossils. <em>In: Meek, F. B. and Gabb, W. M. Geological Survey of California, Palaeontology of California.</em> 1: 55-243, pls. 9-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2062749
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tessarolax Gabb, 1864 †. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870441 on 2025-09-11
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Gabb, W. M. (1864). Description of the Cretaceous fossils. <em>In: Meek, F. B. and Gabb, W. M. Geological Survey of California, Palaeontology of California.</em> 1: 55-243, pls. 9-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2062749
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Saul, L. R. & Squires, R. L. (2015). Pacific slope of North America record of the Cretaceous aporrhaid gastropod <i>Tessarolax</i>: evolutionary trends, mode of life, and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Contributions in Science.</em> 523: 37–65, figs. 1-92. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Saul, L. R. & Squires, R. L. (2015). Pacific slope of North America record of the Cretaceous aporrhaid gastropod <i>Tessarolax</i>: evolutionary trends, mode of life, and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Contributions in Science.</em> 523: 37–65, figs. 1-92. [details] Available for editors
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